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Back
noun · 78% connection
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Backplate
noun · 78% connection
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Batoidei
n. pl. · 78% connection
The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Cataphracted
adjective · 78% connection
Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Caudal
adjective · 78% connection
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Cue
noun · 78% connection
The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Curlycue
noun · 78% connection
Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Curtail dog
unknown · 78% connection
A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Die
pl. · 78% connection
of Dice
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Dock
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Dorsiferous
unknown · 78% connection
Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Elasmobranch
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Globefish
noun · 78% connection
A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Iguana
noun · 78% connection
Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Lamella
noun · 78% connection
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Laminate
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
Lead
noun · 78% connection
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spiny, plates, foundon, back, tail.
